In this article, the fabrication methods of black silicon (b-Si), application and performance of
b-Si in photovoltaics, and the theoretical modelling efforts in b-Si-based photovoltaic cells …

With the practical efficiency of the silicon photovoltaic (PV) cell approaching its theoretical
limit, pushing conversion efficiencies even higher now relies on reducing every type of …

Efficient resource recovery and reutilization are important for overcoming the immense
challenges associated with waste photovoltaic module management and the limited raw …

Two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides have shown great potential for
energy storage applications owing to their interlayer spacing, large surface area-to-volume …

We present here a thorough study of a one-step metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE)
method to reduce the reflectivity of monocrystalline silicon (mono c-Si) wafers, thus …

Resistive and capacitive types of sensors based on silicon nanowires (SiNWs) for
measuring of physical quantities have been manufactured. Silicon nanowires were obtained …

Luminescent down-shifting (LDS) layer was introduced to tackle the issue of poor short-
wavelength response of solar cell. Besides LDS effect, coating a LDS layer on the surface of …

Flexible photodetectors are considered to be extremely important flexible electronic
components of the future. In this work, flexible silicon (F-Si) substrates with inverted …

Black silicon nanotextures offer significant optical performance improvements when applied
to crystalline silicon solar cells. Coupled with conventional pyramidal textures, to create so …

Improving the photoelectric conversion efficiency (PCE) of solar cells is an important subject
for a wide range of photovoltaic research. One of the main reasons for low PCE is the …